FOXCONN X58 Renaissance Motherboard for Nehalem - Spy Shots

Sunday, August 24th 2008

Intel's upcoming Core i7 processors (codenamed Nehalem) will use the new X58 chipset and the ICH10-R Soutbhridge. DRR3 memory can be installed in six slots running DDR3-800, 1066 and 1333.

The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.

posted by W1zzard - 5:35 PM | Related News |

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by candle_86 (5:37 PM) - Reply

thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product

by [I.R.A]_FBi (5:42 PM) - Reply

by: candle_86
thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product

The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.

reading and comprehension prevents us from making such statments

by tigger (5:44 PM) - Reply

Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom? X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.

by Nick89 (5:46 PM) - Reply

Thats neat, huge processor is huge.

by WOutZoR (5:55 PM) - Reply

by: tigger69
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom? X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.

Take a look at this picture ;) http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-08-24/3.jpg

by alexp999 (6:06 PM) - Reply

They have a backplate on the socket now? Shame they couldnt extend this to provide a better clamping mechanism for cooling.

by ShadowFold (6:32 PM) - Reply

I wonder if these will have USB3.0?

by tigger (6:36 PM) - Reply

Yeah,but look at first pic,they are on the top.Unless they have just used two of them on each mobo hole to hold the board up on a flat surface,like this

by timta2 (6:40 PM) - Reply

I guess they are ready to do away with PCI slots now, not that I have a huge problem with that, but I'm sure there are people out there that need more than one.

by candle_86 (7:34 PM) - Reply

yea i need 2 actully, TV tuner and wifi card grrr.

by ShadowFold (8:03 PM) - Reply

I only need one for my sound card :)

by J-Man (9:53 PM) - Reply

by: tigger69
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom? X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.

:laugh: I know mate.

by Morgoth (9:58 PM) - Reply

by: ShadowFold
I wonder if these will have USB3.0?

nope

by Mussels (10:10 PM) - Reply

i'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D

by WhiteLotus (11:04 PM) - Reply

Board looks very nice indeed, love the black.

by tkpenalty (6:03 AM) - Reply

by: Mussels
i'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D

USB Wifi = fail. :shadedshu

by Mussels (6:07 AM) - Reply

my USB wireless works fine on my download system, i run gigabit ethernet on the gaming rigs. whats so wrong with USB wifi? (Except the transfer speeds, that all wireless suffers from)

by OnBoard (6:55 AM) - Reply

Looks a bit fried :D Maybe those wires and extra caps are a fix for that.

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